Natasha Schofield went overboard from the Pacific Dawn on Thursday afternoon, prompting a search and rescue mission that lasted until Friday morning.

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Shocking new details have emerged concerning the woman who went overboard from a P&O cruise liner off the coast of New Caledonia on Thursday.

Police in Queensland, Australia, say the woman, identified as 47-year-old Brisbane resident Natasha Schofield, did not fall off the deck of the Pacific Dawn due to weather conditions or a listing ship, but rather that she jumped off of her own accord while her husband stood by helplessly, the Australian Associated Press (AAP) reports.

“This wasn’t an accident,” said police Inspector Rob Graham during a press conference on Sunday. “Let’s be open and honest about mental health.”

Schofield, who was also accompanied on the cruise with her two teenage sons and one teenage daughter, had reportedly been walking along the top deck of the ship with her husband on Thursday afternoon just before she leaped over the side, Graham said.

“I saw them leaning on the rails and I saw the intentional actions of the missing person take two steps back and then propel herself over the railing,” Graham stated, citing closed-circuit footage provided to police.

“I can also say that her husband tried in vain to grab her as she went over, grabbing onto her legs, but she was too far gone, and subsequently she fell.”

Police say Schofield flung herself from the top deck of the Pacific Dawn, seen here during an earlier voyage.

Schofield first went overboard on Thursday afternoon at approximately 4 p.m., amid the Pacific Dawn’s week-long cruise through the Caribbean. The ship turned around and conducted search and rescue operations for Schofield, and life preservers were also thrown in the woman’s direction. A photo from a passenger confirms as much, with The Sun reporting that Schofield’s head may be visible just a few feet to the right of the life preserver.

The search was called off early Friday morning. The captain informed guests the cruise would be continuing on toward Brisbane.

“Our thoughts and prayers are with the guest and her family at this time,” said P&O in a statement obtained by Fox News on Friday.

On Friday, it was also reported that Schofield might have fallen off the deck of the ship, possibly due to a strong waves causing the ship to list from side to side. P&O denied any such conditions affecting the ship on that afternoon.